The 32nd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 46th Regiment of Foot to form the Duke of Cornwall's Light In
Badge of the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
The Battle of Salamanca at which the regiment contributed to the storming parties
Sir John Inglis of the 32nd Regiment by William Gush, Province House (Nova Scotia)
Thomas Picton
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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and died at Waterloo. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton
32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot
…the 8th British Brigade commanded by Major-General James Kempt, which was in turn part of the 5th British Infantry Division under Lieutenant-General Thomas Picton. The regiment was commanded on the field by Lieutenant-Colonel John Hicks and numbered at 503 men at the battle of Waterloo having suffered casualties…
Portrait of Thomas Picton by Sir William Beechey, c. 1815
Picton's birthplace in Hill Street, Haverfordwest, marked with a commemorative blue plaque. The house later became the Dragon Hotel.
Luisa Calderón being tortured, as illustrated in one of the many prints at the time
Picton painted by Martin Archer Shee